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Maria Dahvana Headley

Maria Dahvana Headley Biography

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“There are stories about perfection, but those stories are lies. No one ever made the world better by being perfect. There is only mess in humans, and sometimes that mess turns to magic, and sometimes that magic turns to kindness, to salvation, to survival.”

“Am iesit odata afara, sa ma uit la cer - care acum e intunecat, cu o aschie subtire de luna - si nu e nimic cat de cat nerezonabil la el. Este doar el, cerul , si iata, Steaua Nordului. Imi place cerul . Este rational, asa cum viata mea nu e. Nu e naspa sa te uiti la el, cum ai putea sa crezi , [ ... ] . Nu ma gandesc la cer ca la o chestie care are legatura cu vreun rai. Ma gandesc la el ca la o gramada de gaze si ecouri indepartate ale unor chestii care au ars la un moment dat.”

“She runs her tongue over her teeth as she walks out the door, and feels an edge, something needing to be filed down before she bites her tongue. Dentist. Manicure. Makeup. Hair salon. She tastes blood, swallows it, pops a mint into her mouth. Small repairs. There's no woman alive who hasn't found the occasional hole in heaven, and carefully, meticulously, covered it back up.”